All Global Reinsurance articles in December 2008
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Online onlyBrown calls for offshore to be outlawed
UK Prime Minister lines up with Obama to put an end to tax havens
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China Life withdrew from AIA bid
Worries over asset quality at Asian unit of AIG caused China Life to turn away
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Willow Re rating lowered to D
Cat bond was one of four for which Lehman Brothers was swap counterparty
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Hannover Re predicts 15% ROE in 2009
Reinsurer ‘satisfied’ with non-life treaty renewals
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Online onlyDinallo praises Liddy's efforts
AIG asset sale beginning to pay off, according to New York insurance regulator
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Online onlyBNP Paribas in Taiwan JV
French bank expands in Taiwan's insurance market while others sell up
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Online onlyHannover Re mulls acquisitions
Zeller looks at life and health reinsurance sector in US for possible acquisitions
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GR Focus
Prime time for subscription
Lloyd’s is well-poised to seize opportunities in a hardening reinsurance market, discovers Helen Yates.
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GR Focus
No pressure
Thomas F. Bush asks whether subscription insurance markets present US antitrust risks.
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Industry Matters
New regulations for non-US reinsurers
Dave Matcham welcomes the new framework for reinsurance regulation to be introduced in the United States.
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Features
Navigating the storm
Patrick M. Liedtke and Kai-Uwe Schanz provide an overview of the global credit crisis, and an outlook for the future.
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Country Analysis
Jordan takes off
Insurers in Jordan are riding on the back of an economic boom, albeit modest compared to the Gulf states, and regulators are nurturing premium growth via a strict application of the rulebook, as David Banks discovers.
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Investment Analysis
ILS is here to stay
Martin Davies analyses the state of ILS investment, how different players make price comparisons, and the impact on the reinsurance markets.
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Features
Uncertainty in Florida
The credit crunch has deepened concerns over the adequacy of catastrophe funds in Florida, writes Liz Booth.
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Industry Matters
The erosion in shareholder’s equity
Q3 2008 was a challenging quarter for reinsurers, writes Mark Rouck.
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Industry Matters
No more excuses on e-placing
The placing of reinsurance business electronically is probably the most prolonged quest for a Holy Grail since the Knights of King Arthur, argues Jeff Ward.
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GR Focus
Electronic Lloyd's
The future of Lloyd’s depends on the skill with which it deploys technology. Stephen Breen reports from the Xchanging conference in Brighton, UK.
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GR Focus
Throwing down the gauntlet
Rob Gillies of the LMA examines the impact of European Commission initiatives on subscription markets
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Industry Matters
Demonstrating true value
In these challenging times, reinsurers and brokers have a game-changing opportunity to demonstrate their true value, says Julian James.
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Features
Data quality matters
The strength of decisions can only be as good as assumptions. In catastrophe modelling, Kenna Mawk writes, high-quality data has become a competitive necessity.
